Adolphe Duperly’s painting depicting the destruction of the Roehampton Estate in Jamaica during the Baptist War in January 1832. Wikimedia Commons
by Ana Lucia Araujo,...
A statue of Jefferson Davis, second from left, is on display in Statuary Hall on Capitol Hill in Washington. A slaveholder, Davis represented Mississippi...
Stevie Wonder. Getty Images
by Nemata Blyden, University of Virginia
There’s a long history of African Americans settling in Ghana or keeping in close contact with the...
Apple Original Films' “Emancipation,” directed and executive produced by Antoine Fuqua (“Training Day,” “The Equalizer”) and starring and produced by Will Smith (“King Richard,”...
By Cherranda Smith
Harvard University announced it's making a pledge of $100 million in an effort to address and correct its connection to slavery.
In 2019, Harvard President Lawrence S....
Last week, the Trump administration threatened to cut funding to public schools that include the 1619 slavery project in their curriculum. The 1619 Project,...
The Georgia Archives and the Metro Atlanta Chapter of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society (AAHGS) will host a time machine of the black...
We the people ask the federal government to Propose a new Administration policy to: Urge President Obama to establish a study on the impact of slavery in America. Created by L.F. on December 06, 2016 Sign This Petition Needs 99,488 signatures by January 5, 2017 to get a response from the White House […]
When You Need Some Advice Don’t Ask Twice… Ask Dr. Karen! ***To all my on-line readers, I would like to thank each and everyone of you for your continued support and your comments are appreciated. Dear Dr. Karen I, feel personally antagonized by this new movement of “Black Lives Matter”. It seems the slogan […]
